The Portland daily press., 1887-04-20
FOREIGN.
Tne London Times ReIteratss Its
Charge Regarding the Par
nell Forgery.
No Decision Yet by ParneIIItes About
Bringing a Suit Against
the Times.
Gladstone Makes a Speech OF an
Hour Before a Club.

/
Hour Before a Club.
| LONDON, April 19.-The Times, this morn
/ ing, regarding Parnell's denial, SAYS: eve
| pay no attention whatever TO Mr.. Parnelps
Dis words. IL ne proceeds to apply the only
ly before the world. we are quite prepared 10
meet MIN. lie asserts that the Signature Is
forged. such discrepancies as ne points out
20 prove this are extremely little. We pos
sess several undoubted examples Of his siQ-
nature, and In our deliberate Judgment there
can be no doubt that the letter Is genuine.
The Standard says: "Mr. Parnell could
DO no less than repudiate the Times's letter
as an audaeious forgery. II remains for the
Times 70 prove IL 10 be authentic.
The Pail Mall Gazette says "Parnell Is
an Irishman; therefore the Times Is allowed
70 insult and libel him with impunity We
earnestly appeal TO the members Of the
House Oh Commons on both sides 10 do Par
nell justice and commit the editor of the
privilege "
Lord Randolph Churchill. speaking at
Nottingham this evening, said II the Par
nellites choose to bring an action against the
London Times, they need not trust an En-
glish jury, because they can take proceed
lngs against the paper In Ireland or Scotland
He would not make himself party 10 the
accusation, but 1t might be necessary for the
Parnellltes, TO take action to clear itself as a
body, OF the grave charges made against a
section of its members
Continuing. he said that for As years Glad
stone had not wayered In his resistance to
the Irish revolutionary party. 1t would be
difhcult TO calculate how many persons had
been executed and imprisoned during that
time, He did not envy the feelings OF Glad
stone when the latter remembered the num-
Der OF persons whose lives he had contribute
ed to sacrifice because they advocated the
same principles he, himself was now adyo-
eating. From the time the crimes bill be-
came law, crime would diminish. The
outrages, terroriZing and intimidation would
cease. Even now the introduction Of the bill
had had In Ireland most beneficial effect.
lriShmen would soon tire Of paying double
taxes TO the League and 10 the Queen. The
moment they saw the government had the
power ana the intention to suppress the
League, all ireland would acquiesce In It's
suppression. No danger from secret s0cie-
ties would arise, first, because the Catholic
church opposed them, and secondly, because
whenever ten persons met secretly 10 plot
against the government there were sure 10 be
also ten persons, each OF whom was anxious
ter.
In concluding, he referred TO the Liberal
Unionists, denying he had ever intended 10
speak lightly Of them. He dwelt strongly
on the necessity Of bringing them up To the
scratch and OF combating their natural vac
illating nature.
Netherclift, an eminent chirographic ex-
pert has compared the signature attached to
the Times Parnell letter with two OF Par
nelis signatures, but declines 10 express a
positive opinion In the absence Of further
examples. He says there are disparites be-
tween the signature 10 the Times letter and
the two others, and that .here are also dis
PARTIES between the latter two. He thinks
the fairest comparison would be with sigma
lures OF the same date as that Of the Times,
not with signatures recently written fof the
test; lie says that the signature given By
the Times, II false, Is very good imitation,
but that It would be unfair to give an opln-
ion based upon the two signatures written
Tor the purpose OF comparison.
m The EPSON spring meeting opened today.
Inc race Tor the great Surrey handicap was
coll DouDloOn. The great Metropolitan
stakes were won by the Duke OF Beauforts
four-year-old bay colt, The Cob. The West
minister stakes were won by the Duke Of
Portland's gelding. Saltpetre.
Gladstone spoke at dinner given by the
Eighty Club this evening. lie said the time
had arrived when II was necessary to meas
qre his own position and the position Of the
0nlonists. he never entertained a suspi
cion that the Parnellites associated them
selves with crime, and his Official knowledge
was at least as good as that CT Lord Hart
ington. The burden Of proof lay upon the
aecusers, not upon the accused. Unless the
o
the truth Of their charges they were worth
less calumnlators and should be Stunned as
pests OF society. Continuing Mr.. Gladstone
said he hoped the Liberal Unionists, who
reading of the crimes bill, would ultimately
rally against coercion. Nothing has occur
red to make the prospect of home rule more
hopeless than 1t was twelve, or even six
months ago, than Chamberlaiu's statement
that the round table conference had collapsed
because he (GladstOne) would not deViate
from the provisions Of his original bill IL
was utterly untrue that he had tried to in
duce the Uni0nists to work with the Home
the Irish question hRd fssd Gn'sg IN his Ul
deav0r; but the bitterest of all was the
sight Of the Liberals supporting the coercion
bill He had hoped that considerable
number OF the Liberals who had voted In fa-
vor Of the crimes bill, would eventually re-
fuse to accept the measure unless they were
assured that there would be combined with
1t bill for the relief Of Ireland. For that
reason he had asked in the House OF Com
mons yesterday tue question, would the gov
ernment stand or fall by its relief bill, as by
is coercion bill. The evasiye answer he re-
eeived showed that the government meant to
force through the coercion bin aud let the
relief bill take Its chances. He briefly criti-
the bill. and said the question should be re-
terred to the judgment Of the nation. He
did not wish an early dissolution Of Parlia-
ment, but they must arouse reflection on the
part Of the electors, and he believed dissO-
luton would produce that effect. Mr.. Glad
stone spoke for an hour.
LONDON, April 19.-The captain, two ON
GERS and twenty-five stOkers Of the wrecked
steamer Tasmania, were drowned. The re-
mainder OF the crew and passengers are be-
leved to be safe.
Pere Hyaeinthe is seriously III in Paris.
LONDON, April ia despatch from Man
dalay says the Daeoit leader, HlaOO, has
been killed BY one Of his own tribesmen, and
that the villagers are rejoicing over his
death.
DUBLIN, April 19.-Evictions were resum-
ed on Lord Lansdowne's estates today.
Messrs. OBrien and Kilbridge will sail for
Canada Sunday, to denounee Lord Lans-
dOwne's course.